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Conor McGregor Wants a Deal in NYC Rampage Case

Mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor is looking for a plea deal in connection with his alleged Barclays Center rampage that led to the cancellation of several fights on one of UFC's biggest cards of the year. Katherine Creag reports. (Published Thursday, June 14, 2018)

Mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor is looking for a plea deal in connection with his alleged Barclays Center rampage that led to the cancellation of several fights on one of UFC's biggest cards of the year.

McGregor, alongside fellow MMA fighter Cian Cowley, 25, of Ireland, appeared briefly before a judge in Brooklyn Criminal Court Thursday morning. Plea negotiations are underway. Both are charged with assault and criminal mischief.

The judge ordered them to stay away from several men they allegedly assaulted in Brooklyn, including fellow fighters Michael Chiesa and Ray Borg.

McGregor received a $50,000 bail package that would let the Irish fighter reclaim his passport, provided he checks in with his bail bondsman weekly. His attorney assured the judge he is not a risk, saying, "He's the most visible face on the planet and he has no criminal record... the bail package is completely appropriate."

Cowley got a $25,000 bail package. The two men said nothing as they left court to a packed crowd of reporters, fans and spectators outside and got into a white SUV that whisked them away.

McGregor's latest Instagram posted on Wednesday shows him on a tarmac with Cowley with a private jet in the background, presumably the one flying the duo back to the States.

News 4 cameras were at the scene for the first footage of McGregor as he was led from a Brooklyn police precinct that April morning following his arrest. The handcuffed fighting champion said nothing, but held his chin up as police escorted him to a waiting vehicle.

His arrest comes after multiple social media accounts captured video of him acting wildly in a non-public area of the arena.

McGregor allegedly continued flailing other items around and ultimately launched something that hit the window of the bus, cracking it and shattering the glass, video taken from inside the bus shows. Chiesa suffered minor injuries.

UFC President Dana White -- who previously announced McGregor was being stripped of his UFC lightweight championship -- told MMAjunkie in a Facebook interview that McGregor and a crew of about 20 men "stormed" the building after gaining access from media-credentialed people at Barclays and got to the loading dock, where fighters were boarding buses after a press conference for that weekend's pay-per-view card.

The events in April undoubtedly seemed to anger White, saying it was a "real bad career move" on McGregor's part.

McGregor last fought in a boxing match he lost to Floyd Mayweather Jr. last August.

The popular Irishman is tight with UFC 223 fighter Artem Lobov, who was involved in a scuffle that same week in a hotel with Khabib Nurmagomedov. The fight between Max Holloway and Nurmagomedov was canceled when Holloway didn't make weight for the main event, a lightweight championship left vacant by McGregor.